indy4 155 Posted May 11, 2008 Share Posted May 11, 2008 According to iTunes, I have listened to 3, and only 3, "songs" 57 times: "Flying," "Soarin," and "To Cairo." I realize that these have a lot in common.First of all, all three of them are somehow linked to Disney. "Flying" is from Peter Pan, which Disney made a cartoon version of many years ago. "Soarin" is from the Soarin' Over California ride in CA Adventures. And "To Cairo" is from Indiana Jones, and there is an Indiana Jones ride at Disneyland.Secondly, they all have something to do with flying. "Flying," well, that's obvious. "Soarin" is obvious as well. And "To Cairo" takes place when Indy and Marion are flying to (guess) Cairo.Thirdly, the composers who wrote them have a first name beggining with a "J" and then a vowel. John Williams wrote "To Cairo," James Newton Howard wrote "Flying," and Jerry Goldsmith wrote "Soarin."And there are three cues, written by three composers, with three reasons why they are similiar. And 57 is divisible by three.Anybody else have cool coincidences like that? I know it's totally pointless, but it's still pretty fun. :-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Henry B 50 Posted May 11, 2008 Share Posted May 11, 2008 okay Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted May 11, 2008 Share Posted May 11, 2008 Sometimes, you just regret coming into a thread. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Marian Schedenig 8,192 Posted May 11, 2008 Share Posted May 11, 2008 Thirdly, the composers who wrote them have a first name beggining with a "J" and then a vowel. It's the vowel that's particularly mindboggling. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChuckM 1 Posted May 11, 2008 Share Posted May 11, 2008 Anybody else have cool coincidences like that?216It's the number of my life.Take my full name (Charles Andrew McKnight) and translate it to numbers using the standard system of A=1, B=2, C=3, etc. Add them all together and you get 216.My social security number. No, I'm not going to tell what my SSN is, but suffice it to say that 216 shows up in multiple different ways.My birthday is November 16, which means 11/16. 1+1=2, so in a way my month is 2, and thus, 216 is my birthday. That one is kind of stretching it, I realize, but consider this. Exactly nine months before then would be February 16, or 2/16. So it is conceivable (lame pun) that I was actually conceived on 216.The year of my birth is '88. '88 is a 2-digit number which when you add the two digits, equals 16. 216All right, I know what you're saying. The full year is 1988. Well, 19 divided by 88, and rounded to the nearest thousandth, equals .216.Beyond those, the number just constantly shows up everywhere for me.Some other interesting stuff I've found about the number 216:It is the smallest cube which is also the sum of three cubes. 2³+3³+4³=6³=216It is also the product of two cubes. 2³x3³=216It is an untouchable number. It can not be expressed as the sum of all the proper divisors of any other integer.It is used in the movie Pi to represent God, and it is used in the Left Behind series to represent the Antichrist. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BLUMENKOHL 1,068 Posted May 11, 2008 Share Posted May 11, 2008 I feel like I walked in on my grandma taking a shower... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robthehand 3 Posted May 11, 2008 Share Posted May 11, 2008 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Crichton 4 Posted May 11, 2008 Share Posted May 11, 2008 In before the lock! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
indy4 155 Posted May 11, 2008 Author Share Posted May 11, 2008 Gullywingdoors, all that number stuff reminded me about this huge Pi concidence.Pi is the devil's number.1. "P" is the 16th letter in the alphabet. 2. "I" is the 9th letter in the alphabet.3. Multiply 9 with 16, and you get 144.4. Add the first 144 digits of Pi together, and you get 666.Or so I've heard. :-P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koray Savas 2,251 Posted May 11, 2008 Share Posted May 11, 2008 This is why The Number 23 was stupid.How do you even come to all these conclusions, especially in gullwingdoors case. Only significant thing about me is that my last name spelled backwards is the same forwards. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bryant Burnette 654 Posted May 11, 2008 Share Posted May 11, 2008 "Flying" is from Peter Pan, which Disney made a cartoon version of many years ago.You say that as though the movie James Newton Howard scored -- a decent movie, but nothing more, in my opinion -- is the real Peter Pan movie, and the Disney version is some sort of also-ran.It isn't one of the better Disney movies, in my opinion, but the Disney Peter Pan is far and away the best-known, best-loved film version of that story. The version you're referring to will forever be reduced to living in its shadow. (It's not even one of my favorite JNH scores; rather bland, to my ears.)Anybody else have cool coincidences like that?216It's the number of my life.Take my full name (Charles Andrew McKnight) and translate it to numbers using the standard system of A=1, B=2, C=3, etc. Add them all together and you get 216.My social security number. No, I'm not going to tell what my SSN is, but suffice it to say that 216 shows up in multiple different ways.My birthday is November 16, which means 11/16. 1+1=2, so in a way my month is 2, and thus, 216 is my birthday. That one is kind of stretching it, I realize, but consider this. Exactly nine months before then would be February 16, or 2/16. So it is conceivable (lame pun) that I was actually conceived on 216.The year of my birth is '88. '88 is a 2-digit number which when you add the two digits, equals 16. 216All right, I know what you're saying. The full year is 1988. Well, 19 divided by 88, and rounded to the nearest thousandth, equals .216.Beyond those, the number just constantly shows up everywhere for me.Some other interesting stuff I've found about the number 216:It is the smallest cube which is also the sum of three cubes. 2³+3³+4³=6³=216It is also the product of two cubes. 2³x3³=216It is an untouchable number. It can not be expressed as the sum of all the proper divisors of any other integer.It is used in the movie Pi to represent God, and it is used in the Left Behind series to represent the Antichrist.There is a great episode of The X-Files called "Improbable" (I think) that deals with numerology, and features Burt Reynolds playing God. Ah, what a strange episode . . . good stuff, though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ollie 1,059 Posted May 11, 2008 Share Posted May 11, 2008 The Flying theme is good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koray Savas 2,251 Posted May 11, 2008 Share Posted May 11, 2008 Very good, but that's basically the only track I revisit on that score. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melange 446 Posted May 11, 2008 Share Posted May 11, 2008 What a strange coincidenceOn the way to other topics.....you will stop at Pankot Palace Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trent B 337 Posted May 11, 2008 Share Posted May 11, 2008 Sometimes, you just regret coming into a thread.Indeed especially if you know it's gonna be a retarded one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Crichton 4 Posted May 12, 2008 Share Posted May 12, 2008 What a strange coincidenceOn the way to other topics.....you will stop at Pankot Palace Pankot Palace is not on the way to the Other Topics. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koray Savas 2,251 Posted May 12, 2008 Share Posted May 12, 2008 Sometimes, you just regret coming into a thread.Indeed especially if you know it's gonna be a retarded one.I believe the correct term is cognitively delayed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Penna 3,685 Posted May 12, 2008 Share Posted May 12, 2008 The words "utterly pointless" and "I'm bored" do rather tend to lower your expectations somewhat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChuckM 1 Posted May 12, 2008 Share Posted May 12, 2008 This is why The Number 23 was stupid.How do you even come to all these conclusions, especially in gullwingdoors case. Only significant thing about me is that my last name spelled backwards is the same forwards.You mean a palindrome?And I found The Number 23 to be fascinating, personally. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Crichton 4 Posted May 12, 2008 Share Posted May 12, 2008 You mean a palindrome?"It is not a palindrome! The palindrome of Bolton would be Notlob!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marian Schedenig 8,192 Posted May 12, 2008 Share Posted May 12, 2008 "It is not a palindrome! The palindrome of Bolton would be Notlob!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
indy4 155 Posted May 12, 2008 Author Share Posted May 12, 2008 You say that as though the movie James Newton Howard scored -- a decent movie, but nothing more, in my opinion -- is the real Peter Pan movie, and the Disney version is some sort of also-ran.It isn't one of the better Disney movies, in my opinion, but the Disney Peter Pan is far and away the best-known, best-loved film version of that story. The version you're referring to will forever be reduced to living in its shadow. (It's not even one of my favorite JNH scores; rather bland, to my ears.)For me, the first thing I think of at the words "Peter Pan" is the Disney cartoon. I like it more, even, than the book. I haven't seen the new version, but I love JNH's "Flying." It was used in a Disneyland commercial once, and it really worked brilliantly. The rest of the score is listenable, but not the most interesting soundtrack I've ever heard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChuckM 1 Posted May 12, 2008 Share Posted May 12, 2008 Thirdly, the composers who wrote them have a first name beggining with a "J" and then a vowel. John Williams wrote "To Cairo," James Newton Howard wrote "Flying," and Jerry Goldsmith wrote "Soarin."The initial of each of their last names could be significant as well: Howard + Goldsmith + Williams = HGW which could be the initials of Harry Gregson Williams or H. G. Wells.Harry did the music for Chicken Run (which is all about trying to fly), and Wells wrote quite a few novels having to do with flying....I think I'm tired. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
indy4 155 Posted May 12, 2008 Author Share Posted May 12, 2008 Thirdly, the composers who wrote them have a first name beggining with a "J" and then a vowel. John Williams wrote "To Cairo," James Newton Howard wrote "Flying," and Jerry Goldsmith wrote "Soarin."The initial of each of their last names could be significant as well: Howard + Goldsmith + Williams = HGW which could be the initials of Harry Gregson Williams or H. G. Wells.Harry did the music for Chicken Run (which is all about trying to fly), and Wells wrote quite a few novels having to do with flying....I think I'm tired. LOL, that's great!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bryant Burnette 654 Posted May 12, 2008 Share Posted May 12, 2008 You say that as though the movie James Newton Howard scored -- a decent movie, but nothing more, in my opinion -- is the real Peter Pan movie, and the Disney version is some sort of also-ran.It isn't one of the better Disney movies, in my opinion, but the Disney Peter Pan is far and away the best-known, best-loved film version of that story. The version you're referring to will forever be reduced to living in its shadow. (It's not even one of my favorite JNH scores; rather bland, to my ears.)For me, the first thing I think of at the words "Peter Pan" is the Disney cartoon. I like it more, even, than the book. I haven't seen the new version, but I love JNH's "Flying." It was used in a Disneyland commercial once, and it really worked brilliantly. The rest of the score is listenable, but not the most interesting soundtrack I've ever heard.Are you positive that in the Disneyland commercial you're referring to, it was the JNH piece playing? Because "Flying" sounds an awful lot like a section of "Reflections of Earth," a lovely piece composed by Gavin Greenway for the Millennium Celebration at Epcot. In which case, it greatly predates JNH's Peter Pan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Josh500 1,615 Posted May 12, 2008 Share Posted May 12, 2008 Wow. That's all I have to say: WOW! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marian Schedenig 8,192 Posted May 12, 2008 Share Posted May 12, 2008 Why "wow"? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Josh500 1,615 Posted May 12, 2008 Share Posted May 12, 2008 Why "wow"?Wow, I wasted another 10 seconds of my life reading the original post! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ollie 1,059 Posted May 12, 2008 Share Posted May 12, 2008 Yeah I get that same feeling when I see your polls.A waste of time but I just gotta read them to punish myself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Josh500 1,615 Posted May 12, 2008 Share Posted May 12, 2008 Yeah I get that same feeling when I see your polls.A waste of time but I just gotta read them to punish myself.So you're saying you're gay and masochistic?I repeat: WOW! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robthehand 3 Posted May 12, 2008 Share Posted May 12, 2008 What...? Did I miss something? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ollie 1,059 Posted May 12, 2008 Share Posted May 12, 2008 Apparently Josh is in denial so he's blaming everyone else. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Josh500 1,615 Posted May 12, 2008 Share Posted May 12, 2008 Apparently Josh is in denial so he's blaming everyone else.You didn't answer my question. ARE you gay and masochistic?Don't be evasive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted May 12, 2008 Share Posted May 12, 2008 OH MI GODZ!!!11!11!1!1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Breathmask 555 Posted May 12, 2008 Share Posted May 12, 2008 This thread isn't dead yet?Wow indeed.- Marc, who was expecting a swift but natural death. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elmo Lewis 6 Posted May 12, 2008 Share Posted May 12, 2008 Well, it's either this or the over-enthusiastic noobs masturbating to Indy IV. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke Skywalker 1,795 Posted May 12, 2008 Share Posted May 12, 2008 ughI could have lived without reading that... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Penna 3,685 Posted May 12, 2008 Share Posted May 12, 2008 Well, it's either this or the over-enthusiastic noobs masturbating to Indy IV.You're sick. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marian Schedenig 8,192 Posted May 12, 2008 Share Posted May 12, 2008 You didn't answer my question. ARE you gay and masochistic?Don't be evasive.Wow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quintus 5,399 Posted May 12, 2008 Share Posted May 12, 2008 Heh heh...And another day passes by on JWFan.net. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ollie 1,059 Posted May 12, 2008 Share Posted May 12, 2008 This thread isn't dead yet?Wow indeed.- Marc, who was expecting a swift but natural death.You should know better, it's like putting blood in the water with sharks.Plus I like torturing myself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quintus 5,399 Posted May 12, 2008 Share Posted May 12, 2008 All I hope is that with the release of Indy IV and it's score, the recent spate of gay innuendo and accusation in this place will let up, for a while. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ray Barnsbury 8 Posted May 12, 2008 Share Posted May 12, 2008 Indeed. And isn't it sort of offensive to use "gay" as an insult? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quintus 5,399 Posted May 12, 2008 Share Posted May 12, 2008 Probably. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Josh500 1,615 Posted May 12, 2008 Share Posted May 12, 2008 Indeed. And isn't it sort of offensive to use "gay" as an insult?Hey, that's not nice! Gay people are also people! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ray Barnsbury 8 Posted May 12, 2008 Share Posted May 12, 2008 I don't know how to talk to you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robthehand 3 Posted May 12, 2008 Share Posted May 12, 2008 Josh.Really, truly, honestly, what on earth are you talking about? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Josh500 1,615 Posted May 12, 2008 Share Posted May 12, 2008 I don't know how to talk to you.When I call somebody gay, why do you assume that's an insult?The person who's insulting is you! That's why you don't know what to say now... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted May 12, 2008 Share Posted May 12, 2008 Is this thing still here? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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